The Hilton Hotel, Liverpool

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The new four-star hotel in the north west’s latest shopping development offers comfort and luxury

Everyone seems to agree that what Britain needs is more shops. Birmingham has its Bullring; Manchester the Trafford and Arndale centres; in London there is Westfield and soon a million square feet of retail space will open in Leeds, branded “Trinity”. To the list can now be added the Liverpool One development: a “shopping and leisure centre”, apartments and offices, and a brand-new, four-star Hilton hotel.

This, presumably, is where Paris Hilton stays when she’s in Liverpool.The heiress and reality TV star, as much a product of our times as the urban retail centre, will get a warm welcome in